Pansy: June 2009 Archives

From Momlogic.com, Marijuana Mamas: Is pot the new pilates?:

A new wave of reefer madness is sweeping suburbia -- but it's not just teenagers who are lighting up. Middle-aged, middle-class soccer moms are smoking pot ... a lot. These women aren't stoners: they're teachers, lawyers, and, perhaps, even your neighbor who prefers puffing a joint to sipping chardonnay. woman smoking marijuana

"Marijuana is the magic in my life that helps me unwind, stay sane, and have more energy," says Sonia, a 24-year-old mother from Los Angeles. Working full-time as a restaurant manager leaves Sonia feeling stressed out and drained at the end of the day. She smokes once or twice daily to relax. "I have a stressful job, it's something that helps me wind down so I don't take out my frustration on my husband or my child."
Sonia became a mother at the age of 22 and suffered from some depression. She turned to marijuana to help curb the baby blues. A doctor later diagnosed Sonia with anxiety and wrote her a prescription for the herbal remedy. Sonia gets her stash from a medicinal marijuana clinic and takes comfort in knowing the pot she smokes is legal and high quality.

Are you kidding me?

There's a lot of debate over how to talk to kids about using drugs without sounding like a hypocrite, especially if you're the one hitting the bong. Zero-tolerance proponents believe you must support abstinence only. But advocates say a more real-world approach is to discuss drug use in moderation. This method is detailed in a pamphlet called "Safety First: A Reality-Based Approach to Teens and Drugs," which is distributed by the California PTA.

"Abstinence only"? Now adults who do not participate in illegal activities do not live in "the real world". I love how "real" is always code for sin.

"Drug use in moderation". Is that realistic? People usually do or they don't.

In "reality", I pretty much don't care what other people decide to do, but advocating illegal substance abuse is irresponsible. Besides the fact that people behave stupidly under the influence, they run the risk of being put in jail and having their children taken away. I don't care how many upper-middle-class-soccer moms are getting toked, it's not so quaint and trendy a practice if you are poor. It completely ceases to be quaint. You are guaranteed to lose your family.

Also, no one is addressing the health risks. Smoking cigarettes has become the focus of countless PSAs, but we want to legalize a substance with nearly twice the amount of carcinogens?

I wonder, why can't people deal? I don't mean that as criticism; I will be the first to admit motherhood is stressful. But is this because people didn't expect there is a great deal of difficulty involved in rearing children or are we just are so not supportive of parents in general? Probably a bit of both. I also wonder since we have become a culture where people need to be entertained 150% of the time, have we lost our ability to find more wholesome ways to relieve stress.

Or realistically, what can we do?

Via Jill Stanek:

From the LA Times, June 25:

President Obama suggested at a town hall event Wednesday night that one way to shave medical costs is to stop expensive and ultimately futile procedures performed on people who are about to die and don't stand to gain from the extra care.

Read that again. Obama was subtly promoting euthanasia...

In a nationally televised event at the White House, Obama said families need better information so they don't unthinkingly approve "additional tests or additional drugs that the evidence shows is not necessarily going to improve care."

He added: "Maybe you're better off not having the surgery, but taking the painkiller."

Happy Feast of St. Peter

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And Jesus answering, said to him: Blessed art thou, Simon Bar-Jona: because flesh and blood hath not revealed it to thee, but my Father who is in heaven. And I say to thee: That thou art Peter; and upon this rock I will build my church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it. And I will give to thee the keys of the kingdom of heaven. And whatsoever thou shalt bind upon earth, it shall be bound also in heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt loose upon earth, it shall be loosed also in heaven.

~Mattew 16:17-19
Douay-Rheims Bible

Nabbed!

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Rosey Posey thought she could get away with it. My husband keeps a few fun things in the freezer for times when I'm hungry...(and watches me eat them but doesn't join me because they are "fattening"). Things like these frozen chicken nuggets. Of course with a house full, you have to sneak these, or eat them late. Rosey Posey tried, but Berylla can sense treats a mile away:

Berylla: Whatcha doin'? Eating chicken?

Rosey Posey:Um...no. The bag is empty and I'm just um...throwing it away.

Moves to the garbage can and holds it over.

Berylla watches intently.

Berylla: Go ahead. Throw it out.

Rosey Posey, defeated: Oh, never mind.

It's easy to stay thin in a house with many siblings.

Yup

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Please go read the Raving Theist's reaction about the president's statement at Dawn Patrol:

I have been part of the pro-life movement for five years now, and yes, I have "profound differences" with the pro-choice ideology and the devastation wrought by the abortion industry. But never have I remotely considered murder as an acceptable tactic.

The people I have worked with in helping abortion-minded women are the most compassionate and gentle I have even met. None of them have even engaged in or endorsed violence. The President's patronizing admonition that "Americans" -- i.e. pro-life Americans -- should not let their passions turn to homicide is deeply insulting. Far more people have been shot to death over parking disputes and fender benders than abortion differences, but the President does not mount the national stage to caution drivers to hold their guns in check every times such an incident occurs.

Dedicated pro-lifers all understand the hypocrisy in taking a life in the name of protecting life.


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